Joe Gordon

Position: Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: February 18, 1915 in Los Angeles, CA us

Died: April 14, 1978 in Sacramento, CA

Buried: Cremated

High School: Jefferson HS (Portland, OR)

School: University of Oregon (Eugene, OR)

Debut: April 18, 1938 (Age 23-059d, 8,440th in major league history)
vs. BOS 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1950 (Age 35-224d)
vs. DET 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2009. (Voted by Veteran's Committee)
View Joe Gordon's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1938 season

Full Name: Joseph Lowell Gordon

Nicknames: Flash

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

55.6

5707

1530

253

.268

914

RBI

975

OBP

.357

SLG

.466

OPS

.823

OPS+

120

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1948 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
2	2	Apr 23	CLE	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
5	5	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,12-11	CG	62	14.0	0	5	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	7	May 1	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	49	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
8	8	May 2	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
9	9	May 4	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-8	CG	46	9.2	3	5	0	8	0
10	10	May 6	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-8	CG	39	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
11	11	May 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
12	12	May 8	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
13	13	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	39	10.0	0	1	0	1	0
14	14	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
15	15	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,12-7	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
16	16	May 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	5	1	8	0
17	17	May 15	CLE		CHW	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
18	18	May 16 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	44	10.0	4	7	1	12	3
19	19	May 16 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
20	20	May 18	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
21	21	May 19	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
22	22	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
23	23	May 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-11	CG	51	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
24	24	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
25	25	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
26	26	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	8	1	10	2
27	32 (5)	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,13-8	GF	10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	36 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	58	15.0	5	6	0	11	2
29	37	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
30	38	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
31	39	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	40	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	39	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
33	41	Jun 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-15	CG	47	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	42	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-8	CG	45	9.0	2	7	0	9	2
35	43	Jun 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
36	44	Jun 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-4	GS	34	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
37	45	Jun 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	5	2	1	8	0
38	46	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
39	47	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	48	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	49	Jun 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
42	50	Jun 19	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
43	51	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	52	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
45	53	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
46	54	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
47	55	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	49	11.0	7	4	1	12	0
48	56	Jun 24	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
49	57	Jun 25	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
50	58	Jun 26	CLE		WSH	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
51	59	Jun 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
52	60	Jun 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
53	61	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
54	62	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	63	Jul 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
56	64	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
57	65	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
58	66	Jul 5 (1)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	1	9	2
59	67	Jul 5 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-7	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
60	68	Jul 6	CLE		DET	L,0-9	CG	44	9.0	6	3	1	10	1
61	69	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
62	70	Jul 8	CLE		CHW	W,14-1	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
63	71	Jul 9	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
64	72	Jul 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
65	73	Jul 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
66	74	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
67	75	Jul 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
68	76	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-10	CG	41	8.0	4	10	1	15	3
69	77	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
70	78	Jul 18 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
71	79	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-4	CG	51	12.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	80	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-6	CG	48	11.0	5	1	0	6	0
73	81	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
74	82	Jul 21 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
75	83	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,12-8	CG	47	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
76	84	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
77	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	2	2	1	5	1
78	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
79	87	Jul 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
80	88	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	W,10-5	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
81	89	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
82	90	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
83	91	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,10-9	CG	55	11.0	4	3	0	7	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
84	92	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,12-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
85	93	Aug 1 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
86	94	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
87	95	Aug 5	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	6	0	11	5
88	96	Aug 6	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	97	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,0-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	98	Aug 8 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
91	99	Aug 8 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	100	Aug 9	CLE	@	DET	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
93	101	Aug 10	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
94	102	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
95	103	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-12	GS	25	4.0	3	3	0	6	0
96	104	Aug 12 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
97	105	Aug 12 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,26-3	GS	19	5.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	106	Aug 13	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
99	107	Aug 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	108	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	1	3	2	6	0
101	109	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-0	GS	11	3.0	0	3	0	3	1
102	114 (4)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-8	GS	32	6.0	0	1	1	2	0
103	115	Aug 22 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	6	4	0	10	1
104	116	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	40	8.1	4	2	0	6	1
105	117	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
106	118	Aug 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
107	119	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
108	120	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
109	121	Aug 28	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	3	3	0	6	1
110	122	Aug 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
111	123	Aug 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	GS	36	8.0	6	1	1	8	1
112	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	GS	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
113	125	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
114	126	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-1	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	1
115	127	Sep 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
116	128	Sep 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
117	129	Sep 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	45	9.2	5	6	0	11	2
118	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	4	5	0	9	2
119	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	25	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
120	132	Sep 8	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	54	11.0	4	5	0	9	1
121	133	Sep 9	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	53	13.0	3	6	0	9	0
122	134	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
123	135	Sep 11 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
124	136	Sep 11 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	GS	32	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
125	137	Sep 12 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
126	138	Sep 12 (2)	CLE		SLB	T,3-3	CG	51	12.0	4	6	0	10	0
127	139	Sep 13	CLE		SLB	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
128	140	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
129	141	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
130	142	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
131	143	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,10-1	GS	29	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
132	144	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
133	145	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
134	146	Sep 20	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	5
135	147	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
136	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
137	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
138	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	DET	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
139	151	Sep 28	CLE		CHW	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	1	6	1	8	2
140	152	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
141	153	Oct 1	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
142	154	Oct 2	CLE		DET	W,8-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
143	155	Oct 3	CLE		DET	L,1-7	CG	47	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
144	156	Oct 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
							146gm		1276.1	332	439	23	794	98